About 90 hours ago, I surrendered the data plate on my IO-360-A1B6 and converted one ignition to a PMAG (latest revision).
Up until Friday May 30th, all appeared well. I like the smooth starting, did experience a bit of speed increase, engine ran very smooth.
On that Friday, at about 7:30 am, I departed for work and experience a very nerve wracking engine experience. While on climbout the engine starting running rough and experienced a loss of power (not total, but noticeable).
I immediately returned to the airstrip and parked the plane, got my nerves under control and called Emagair. Left a message. Later that day, my mechanic and I did test ground runs and the PMAG was running rough. Pulled and examined all plugs. Two plugs were found to be fouled, so we replaced them. The engine ran better, almost as new. Still a tiny amount of miss on the PMAG, which we attributed to a slightly marginal plug. I again called Emagair and left another message. Meanwhile I ordered new plugs from Spruce.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday pass, no response from Emagair. Tuesday I flew the airplane on my usual run, it appeared to be back to normal. Still no call back from Emagair.
Wednesday around 11:00 am I finally get the call back from Emagair. Seems to pass right over their head it's been FIVE DAYS since I called. Since the plane seems to be running OK now, we have a long discussion about plugs, etc.
Thursday, no flying. Friday, I make my commute and the plane runs good on the outbound leg. Coming home, I experience an extremely brief "stumble" on the engine just after takeoff. It does not repeat. I pass it off to a "gremlin". My mistake.
Saturday, the wife and I load up to go for a short trip. Plane passes the mag checks, takeoff is quite normal and about 60 seconds into the flight, the engine gives us both a scare as it again "stumbles" and recovers, then repeats. I switch to the Bendix and the engine keeps running steadily, but at a slightly reduced power (normal). On the PMAG, it is missing steadily, catching and missing, "stumbling" badly.
Pulled the plugs and the same two that were fouled before are showing signs of fouling again, the plugs are wet and oily. All six other plugs are clean.
I replace all 8 plugs with the new ones from Spruce, do a test ground run and there is still the slightest of misses on the PMAG, nothing major, just a slight "tick" of the engine. It's late in the day, hot and I'm beat so I put off the test flight.
Today, I decide to test fly and the PMAG starts acting up within one minute of takeoff. Since the engine is running good on the Bendix, I allow the engine to run on the PMAG for a good 30 seconds (scary) as it kicks in and out, almost completely stopping a couple of times.
I of course called Emagair and left another message.
The reason I am posting this is I am not satisfied with the turn around time I get on the phone, so perhaps, they read VAF on the weekends and will be stimulated to call me in less than 5 days.
There is NO emergency contact info on their web site that I can find.
If anyone on this forum can contact the owners of Emagair directly to let them know the situation, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all.
Up until Friday May 30th, all appeared well. I like the smooth starting, did experience a bit of speed increase, engine ran very smooth.
On that Friday, at about 7:30 am, I departed for work and experience a very nerve wracking engine experience. While on climbout the engine starting running rough and experienced a loss of power (not total, but noticeable).
I immediately returned to the airstrip and parked the plane, got my nerves under control and called Emagair. Left a message. Later that day, my mechanic and I did test ground runs and the PMAG was running rough. Pulled and examined all plugs. Two plugs were found to be fouled, so we replaced them. The engine ran better, almost as new. Still a tiny amount of miss on the PMAG, which we attributed to a slightly marginal plug. I again called Emagair and left another message. Meanwhile I ordered new plugs from Spruce.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday pass, no response from Emagair. Tuesday I flew the airplane on my usual run, it appeared to be back to normal. Still no call back from Emagair.
Wednesday around 11:00 am I finally get the call back from Emagair. Seems to pass right over their head it's been FIVE DAYS since I called. Since the plane seems to be running OK now, we have a long discussion about plugs, etc.
Thursday, no flying. Friday, I make my commute and the plane runs good on the outbound leg. Coming home, I experience an extremely brief "stumble" on the engine just after takeoff. It does not repeat. I pass it off to a "gremlin". My mistake.
Saturday, the wife and I load up to go for a short trip. Plane passes the mag checks, takeoff is quite normal and about 60 seconds into the flight, the engine gives us both a scare as it again "stumbles" and recovers, then repeats. I switch to the Bendix and the engine keeps running steadily, but at a slightly reduced power (normal). On the PMAG, it is missing steadily, catching and missing, "stumbling" badly.
Pulled the plugs and the same two that were fouled before are showing signs of fouling again, the plugs are wet and oily. All six other plugs are clean.
I replace all 8 plugs with the new ones from Spruce, do a test ground run and there is still the slightest of misses on the PMAG, nothing major, just a slight "tick" of the engine. It's late in the day, hot and I'm beat so I put off the test flight.
Today, I decide to test fly and the PMAG starts acting up within one minute of takeoff. Since the engine is running good on the Bendix, I allow the engine to run on the PMAG for a good 30 seconds (scary) as it kicks in and out, almost completely stopping a couple of times.
I of course called Emagair and left another message.
The reason I am posting this is I am not satisfied with the turn around time I get on the phone, so perhaps, they read VAF on the weekends and will be stimulated to call me in less than 5 days.
There is NO emergency contact info on their web site that I can find.
If anyone on this forum can contact the owners of Emagair directly to let them know the situation, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all.